Coin
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1795
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
30 mm (Diameter)2 mm (W)
Place of origin
Lowestoft
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340627
Summary
Bronze coin or token from Lowestoft. The obverse shows a scene of bathing huts in the sea with three ships in the background surrounded by embossed lettering which reads, 'LOWESTOFT TOKEN SEA BATH 1795'. Reverse shows a fishing boat surrounding embossed lettering which reads 'SUCCESS TO THE FISHERIES'. Previously associated with inventory number MSS.600.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.